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8A Daily News –Wednesday, November 23, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Egypt's military ruler offers concessions to protesters CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military ruler promised Tuesday to speed up a presidential election to the first half of 2012 and said the armed forces were prepared to hold a referendum on immediately shifting power to civilians — con- cessions swiftly rejected by tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square, who chanted, ''Leave! Leave!'' The latest standoff plunged the country deep- er into crisis less than a week before parliamen- tary elections, the first since the ouster nine months ago of longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. In a televised address to the nation, Field Mar- shal Hussein Tantawi rejected all criticism of the military's handling of the transitional period and sought to cast himself and the generals on the mili- tary council he heads as the nation's foremost patriots. Significantly, he made no mention of the throngs of protesters gath- ered in Tahrir Square to demand that he step down immediately in favor of an interim civilian coun- cil. Tantawi spoke as pro- testers fought army sol- diers and police for a fourth day in streets lead- ing to the iconic square that was the birthplace of Egypt's uprising, particu- larly near the heavily for- tified Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police. Nearly 30 people have been killed in the violence, mostly in Cairo, and at least 2,000 have been wounded. ''Our demands are clear,'' said Khaled El- Sayed, a protester from the Youth Revolution Coalition and a candidate in the Nov. 28 parliamen- tary election. ''We want the military council to step down and hand over authority to a national sal- vation government with full authority.'' Obama challenges GOP in New Hampshire MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama dashed into politi- cally important New Hampshire Tuesday, seeking to steal the spot- Red Bluff High School's Student Newspaper The Bluffer Now published online at www.redbluffdailynews.com Just scroll down to "Special Sections" and click on The Bluffer icon. Another service to the mission Of local education by D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY Counseling Center International prosecutor holds talks light from Republican presidential candidates and challenging GOP lawmakers back in Wash- ington to stand by their anti-tax pledges on one big measure. He was greeted with a blunt message from Republican contender Mitt Romney, who bought campaign ads telling Obama, ''Your policies have failed.'' In his first trip to New Hampshire in nearly two years, the president was confronted by a state that has shifted sharply to the right since his victory here in the 2008 election. 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